Senator Sandra Pappas (DFL – St. Paul) has led 24 members of the Senate DFL caucus in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Senator Warren Limmer urging them to take up Senate File 1512, a bill to end the LGBTQ+ panic defense.
On January 6, 2021, demonstrators in Washington, D.C., vandalized public buildings, endangered the lives of lawmakers, staff, and the general public, and jeopardized the peaceful transfer of Presidential power.
Senate DFL Capital Investment Lead Sandy Pappas voted in support of a $1.37 billion Capital Investment bill that passed both the Senate and House today after months of negotiations. The bill passed today will finance $1.87 billion in statewide public projects, once… Read More »2020 Bonding Bill Puts People Back to Work
On Friday, September 18, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87. Today, on the day of her memorial at the United States Capitol, the women of the Senate DFL caucus released the following joint… Read More »Senate DFL Women Remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Senator Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) sent a letter (see attached) to Governor Tim Walz today urging him to consider collaborating and working with new partners in the fight against COVID-19. Specifically, the letter urges the Governor to collaborate with Cuba… Read More »Senator Pappas sends letter to Gov. Walz urging collaboration with Cuba
Senator Sandy Pappas wrote the following column in response to the first special session, which ended with much work still left to be done.